sPlant Inventory No. 137 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE "Washington, D. C. November 1949 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY,1 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31,1938 (Nos. 130580 to 131243) CONTENTS ' Page Introductory statement 1 Inventory — 2 Index of common and scientific names 33 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT This inventory, No. 137, is a record of the plant material (Nos, 130580 to 131243) received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction during the period from October 1 to December 31,1938. The manuscript was prepared under the supervision of Paul Bussell, who has checked or identified the incoming seed materials and has verified the botanical nomenclature and descriptive notes. C. O. ERLANSON, Principal Horticulturist, in Charge, Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Plant Industry Sta- tion, Beltsville, Hfd. 1 Now Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricul- tural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. I •&*2BS*!VC?GrwC?fiS HFC 20 1949 f ' -MT OF 830337- INVENTORY NOTE.—This inventory is a historical record of plant material introduced for Department and other specialists. It is not to be considered as a list of plant material for distribution. 130580. AGROSTIS CANINA L. Poaceae. European bentgrass; Rhode Island bentgrass. From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by Barenburg's Zaadhandel, Arnhem. Received October 10,1938. 130581 to 130594. HORDEUM spp. Poaceae. Barley. From Italy. Seeds presented by Dr. G. R. Giglioli, Ministero Dell 'Africa Italiana, Firenze (Florence). Received October 12,1938. A collection of native varieties from Ethiopia. 130581 to 130587. HOEDEUM DEFICIENS Steud. Deficient barley. For previous introduction see 95110. 130581. No. 461. From Ascianghi Lake, 1937. 130582. No. 462. Black barley from Tigrai, 1937. 130583. No. 463. From Tigrai, 1937. 130584. No. 470. Tucur Gels. Black barley from Oletta, 1937. 130585. No. 472. Senef Cold. From Mettalia, 1937. 130586. No. 473. Samarieta. Black barley from Addis Alem (Scioa), 1937. 130587. No. 474. Samarieta. White barley from Addis Alem (Scioa), 1937. 130588 to 130594. HORDEUM VTJLGARE L. 130588. No. 461 Tucur Gebs. From Addis Alem (Scioa), 1937. 130589. No. 465. From Ascianghi Lake, 1937. 130590. No. 466. From Oletta (Scioa), 1937. 130591. No. 467. From Oletta (Scioa), 1937. 130592. No. 469. From Oletta (Scioa), 1937. 130593. No. 471. Ghebber Tucur. Black barley from Coda R. Res. di Ada (Scioa), 1937. 130594. No. 475. Tomex. From Carecei&-Addis Alem (Scioa), 1937. 130595. AMYGDALUS ANDERSONII (A. Gray) Greene. Amygdalaceae. Wild peach. From Nevada. Collected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 11,1938. No. A-7300. Collected 2 miles west of Reno. For previous introduction see 26297. 130596. ANTIGONON LEPTOPTTS Hook, and Arn. Polygonaceae. Rosa-de-montana. From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, Coconut Grove. Numbered in October 1938. Variety Alba. A variety with white flowers. 2 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1938 3 130597 to 130599. MAGNOLIA spp. Magnoliaceae. From France. Seeds presented by A. Gerard, La Fosse, Montoire sur Loir, Loir-et-Cher. Received October 24,1938. 130597. MAGNOLIA WTLSONH f. TALIENSIS (W. W. Smith) Rehd. A form which differs from the species in having glaucescent leaves which are glabrescent beneath except for the ruf us-pilose midrib. 130598. MAGNOLIA SIEBOLDII K. Koch. A small handsome Japanese tree with broad elliptic to obovate-oblong leaves 3 to 6 inches long and fragrant white, cup-shaped flowers 3 to 4 inches across, with large pink sepals and crimson stamens. 130599. MAGNOLIA WILSONH (Finet and Gagn.) Rehd. A large shrub with pure-white, deliciously fragrant flowers which are pro- duced freely during late May and early June. It is native to western Szechwan, China. For previous introduction see 106672. 130600 and 130601. From Mexico. Seeds collected by Mrs. Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, and presented by Mrs. Floy Brace- lin, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Received October 1, 1938. 130600. BOMAEEA sp. Amaryllidaceae. No. 9085-A. From Barranca del Ranchito, Petacala, State of Guerrero, at about 1,900 in. altitude, on a mountain slope covered with pine forest. A climbing shrub with scarlet fruits. 130601. SOLANUM TEQTJILENSE A. Gray. Solanaceae. No. 8737-A. From Barranca El Salto, Temisco, State of Guerrero, on an overgrown cleared space at 3!70 m. altitude. An herb 1.5 m. high with abundant orange fruits the size of a golf ball and covered with stinging fuzz; the edible sweetish pulp contains many seeds. 130602. MALussp. Malaceae. From India. Seeds obtained through Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received October 4, 1938. From Kyelang, Lahul, Punjab. A handsome flowering apple from the high Himalayas of the Punjab. 130603 to 130606. GGSSYPIUM. Malvaceae. Cotton. From Egypt. Seeds presented by the Horticultural Station, Giza, through the Ministry of Agriculture. Received October 4,1938. 130603. Giza No. 7. 130605. Giza No. 29. 130604. Giza No. 26. 130606. Sakha No. 4. 130607. IPOMOEA BATATAS (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. Sweetpotato. From Africa. Tubers presented by the Government Botanist, Department of Agriculture, Khartoum North, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Received October 4, 1938. A locally grown variety. 130608. AVENA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Oats. From England. Seeds presented by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge. Received October 6,1938. No. S-147. 4 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 137 130609 to 130625. From the Netherlands.Bulbs purchased from C. G. van Tubergen, Ltd., Zwanen- burg Nurseries, Haarlem. Received October 11, 1938. 130609 to 130611. ALLIUM spp. Liliaceae. 130609. ALUUM ATEOPUEPUBEUM Waldst. and Kit. Onion. An upright, rather tall onion, sometimes over 3 feet high, with 2 to 4 narrow-linear leaves much shorter than the stem. The small, dark-purple flowers, sometimes rose purple with a darker middle stripe, are in dense hemispherical or spherical clusters. Native to meadows in southeastern Europe. For previous introduction see 124932. 130610. ALUUM TEIQUETEUM L. A bulbous plant with a 3-angled stem, common on the coast of Algeria. In its usual surroundings this plant is a rather dwarfed weed of dry texture, but it has been found that when transplanted to good garden soil and plenty of fresh water, it produces, during the winter, large plants with white, tender succulent underground parts. If the green leaves are removed, the rest of the stem forms a delicate vegetable with no odor of garlic. For previous introduction see 105748. 130611. ALUUM UESINUM L. Onion. A wild European onion which grows in large masses in the open woods. When in flower it is very effective, clothing the ground with its broad green leaves, above which the numerous umbels of white flowers are borne on scapes. For previous introduction see 124950. 130612. X BEUNSDONNA PAEKEBI Lawrence. Amaryllidaceae. Tubergen18 Variety. A hybrid, Brunsvigia josephinaeXAmaryllis belladonna var. Purpurea Major, closely resembling the seed parent, but the pedicels are much shorter and the flowers larger and brighter, in color a warm purple rose. Received as Brunsdonna tubergeni. 130613. BEUNSVIGIA GIGANTEA Heist. Amaryllidaceae. A brunsvigia with about 4 tongue-shaped leaves 2 to 5 inches broad and about 1 foot long. The 20 to 30 bright-red flowers, about 2 inches long, are in an umbel on a scape 1 foot or more high. Native to South Africa. For previous introduction see 115317. 130614. BRUNSVIGIA JOSEPHINAE (Red.) Ker. A bulbous plant 2 to 3 feet high, with 8 or 10 thick, closely ribbed, strap- shaped leaves and large bright-red flowers. Native to South Africa. For previous introduction see 115318. 130615 to 130618. HIPPEASTBUM spp. Amaryllidaceae. 130615. HIPPEASTRUM ADVENUM (Ker) Herbert. A hippeastrum with narrow-linear leaves and an umbel of 2 to 6 yellow or red flowers, each about 2 inches long. Native to Chile. 130616. HIPPEASTRUM PHYCELLOIDES (Herbert) Baker. A hippeastrum with several narrow linear leaves and an umbel of 3 to 6 erect or ascending, bright-red, narrowly funnel-shaped flowers, with short tubes and equally short perianth segments. Native to the Andes of Chile. 130617. HIPPEASTRUM PRATENSE (Poepp.) Baker. A hippeastrum with linear leaves to 1% feet long and an umbel of 2 to 4 bright-red, ascending or horizontal flowers, the segments over 1 inch long. Native to Chile. 130618. HIPPEASTRUM ADVENUM (Ker) Herbert. For previous introduction and description see 130615. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1938 5 130609 to 130625—Continued 130619. HAEMANTHUS ALBIFLOS Jacq. Amaryllidaceae. A haemanthus with 2 to 4 thick, fleshy, obtuse, nearly erect leaves about 8 inches long and 4 inches broad and a pale-green scape about 1 foot high, bearing a dense globose umbel of white flowers. Native to South Africa. 130620. HAEMANTHUS ALBIFLOS var. BRACHYPHYLLUS Baker. A variety with oblong leaves 3 or 4 inches long and the peduncle a little Shorter than the leaves. 130621. LYGOBIS INCARNATA Sprenger. Amaryllidaceae. A bulbous herb with a scape 18 inches or more high and 6 to 12 flesh-colored or bright-rose, large fragrant, widely expanded flowers in an umbel. Native td Japan. 130622. NEBINE SARNIENSIS (L.) Herbert. Amaryllidaceae. Guernsey-lily. A bulbous perennial, native to South Africa, with bright-crimson flowers which are borne in an umbel of 10 to 12 on a scape 12 to 18 inches high. For previous introduction see 77592. 130623 to 130625. TECOPHILAEA spp. Amaryllidaceae. 130623. TECOPHILAEA CYANO-CROCUS Leyb. A bulbous plant with several linear, channeled, undulate radical leaves and 1 to 3 erect scapes up to 6 inches high, each with a single blue campanulate flower about % inch long. Native to Chile. 130624. TECOPHILAEA CYANO-CROCUS Leyb. Var. Leichtlinii. Deep-blue flowers. 130625. TECOPHILAEA CYANO-CROCUS Leyb. Var. Violacea. Bluish-violet flowers. 130626 to 130648. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. Poaceae. Common wheat.